The X Button: reviewtag:blog.mlive.com,2014:/xbutton/43562010-04-06T05:18:29ZVideo Games, Gadgets and TechnologyMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceVideo game review: Heavy Rain is defining moment for interactive narrativetag:blog.mlive.com,2010:/xbutton//4356.42444702010-02-23T05:50:26Z2010-03-21T19:53:43ZQuantic Dream / Sony Computer Entertainment of America For my hands on with the Heavy Rain demo click here. Mature rated games are everywhere but none hold a candle to PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavy Rain. Heavy Rain’s maturity lies not...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
Quantic Dream / Sony Computer Entertainment of America For my hands on with the Heavy Rain demo click here. Mature rated games are everywhere but none hold a candle to PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavy Rain. Heavy Rain’s maturity lies not...
Video game review: Toy Soldierstag:blog.mlive.com,2010:/xbutton//4356.44090722010-04-06T05:18:29Z2010-10-01T11:44:12ZSignal Studios / Microsoft Game Studios I loved playing with my plastic army men as a kid. I melted them with fire, blew them up with M-80s, dropped them out of my bedroom window on reconnaissance missions usually ending up...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
Signal Studios / Microsoft Game Studios I loved playing with my plastic army men as a kid. I melted them with fire, blew them up with M-80s, dropped them out of my bedroom window on reconnaissance missions usually ending up...
Video game review: ModNation Racerstag:blog.mlive.com,2010:/xbutton//4356.47182102010-06-30T02:26:03Z2010-06-30T03:57:42ZUnited Front Games / Sony Computer Entertainment With ModNation Racers Sony wants to cluster-rocket Nintendo out of the kart-racing limelight. For the most part, it succeeds, but the bigger picture remains mired by rampant and lethargic load speeds. After popping...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
United Front Games / Sony Computer Entertainment With ModNation Racers Sony wants to cluster-rocket Nintendo out of the kart-racing limelight. For the most part, it succeeds, but the bigger picture remains mired by rampant and lethargic load speeds. After popping...
Video game review: Perfect Dark XBLAtag:blog.mlive.com,2010:/xbutton//4356.43906772010-03-31T05:08:54Z2010-06-14T00:26:59Z4J Interactive / Microsoft Game Studios When I was fifteen, I had an affair with an older British woman. She showed me how to do things that would become more useful later in life and made other girls look just...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
4J Interactive / Microsoft Game Studios When I was fifteen, I had an affair with an older British woman. She showed me how to do things that would become more useful later in life and made other girls look just...
Mobile phone review: KIN One tag:blog.mlive.com,2010:/xbutton//4356.46185162010-06-02T04:19:41Z2010-06-13T06:26:43ZTimothy J. SeppalaThe KIN is friendly, to say the least. About the same size as a birth-control pill dispenser but not nearly as useful, the KIN One from Microsoft, Verizon, and Sharp Electronics offers a different experience than you might...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
Timothy J. SeppalaThe KIN is friendly, to say the least. About the same size as a birth-control pill dispenser but not nearly as useful, the KIN One from Microsoft, Verizon, and Sharp Electronics offers a different experience than you might...
Video game review: Battlefield Bad Company 2 tag:blog.mlive.com,2010:/xbutton//4356.43201572010-03-13T04:31:53Z2010-03-15T04:58:20ZDICE / Electronic Arts Forget Modern Warfare 2 ever released. Strong statement? Yes. Will you agree? Who knows. I know once I got used to the slightly heavier feel of the game and the fact that I couldn’t hide behind...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
DICE / Electronic Arts Forget Modern Warfare 2 ever released. Strong statement? Yes. Will you agree? Who knows. I know once I got used to the slightly heavier feel of the game and the fact that I couldn’t hide behind...
Review: DJ Herotag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/xbutton//4356.39797722009-11-28T17:18:46Z2010-01-05T04:11:29ZFreeStyle Games / Activsion Just when you thought the DJ lifestyle was nothing but chugging vodka Red Bulls and constantly titling your head to the side, along comes DJ Hero to prove you wrong. One of two peripheral games released...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
FreeStyle Games / Activsion Just when you thought the DJ lifestyle was nothing but chugging vodka Red Bulls and constantly titling your head to the side, along comes DJ Hero to prove you wrong. One of two peripheral games released...
Review: Mini Ninjas -- No blood, more boretag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/xbutton//4356.37334902009-10-07T03:26:28Z2009-10-08T02:08:57ZIO Interactive / Eidos Interactive Ninjas. Kid friendly games. They don’t go hand in hand do they? Not since the days of yore and the licensed mess that was 3 Ninjas Kick Back on the Super NES has there been...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
IO Interactive / Eidos Interactive Ninjas. Kid friendly games. They don’t go hand in hand do they? Not since the days of yore and the licensed mess that was 3 Ninjas Kick Back on the Super NES has there been...
Review: LG Versatag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/xbutton//4356.34959092009-08-25T02:26:52Z2009-08-25T02:40:40ZLG / Verizon Wireless The world of mobile phones divides into two camps: touch screens and non-touch screens. Lately though, there is an emerging new faction, phones that have both. The Versa by LG and Verizon falls into that tertiary...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
LG / Verizon Wireless The world of mobile phones divides into two camps: touch screens and non-touch screens. Lately though, there is an emerging new faction, phones that have both. The Versa by LG and Verizon falls into that tertiary...
Review: Blackberry Curve 8900tag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/xbutton//4356.33754162009-08-04T02:39:04Z2009-08-04T03:52:46ZResearch In Motion / AT&T If there's one thing that sums up the Blackberry Curve 8900 succinctly, that would be inconsistency. Everything from battery life to web browsing is neither predictable nor fun when you wind up on the short...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
Research In Motion / AT&T If there's one thing that sums up the Blackberry Curve 8900 succinctly, that would be inconsistency. Everything from battery life to web browsing is neither predictable nor fun when you wind up on the short...
Gears of War 2's bugs hold it back from greatnesstag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/xbutton//4356.17880922008-11-18T05:14:01Z2009-07-29T03:50:17ZEpic Games/ Microsoft Staring down the scope of your Longshot sniper rifle you see a Locust drone in the distance. You pull the trigger. Face explodinates into a fountain of gore. You creep around a corner, your hulking frame clinging...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
Epic Games/ Microsoft Staring down the scope of your Longshot sniper rifle you see a Locust drone in the distance. You pull the trigger. Face explodinates into a fountain of gore. You creep around a corner, your hulking frame clinging...
Halo Wars delivers authentic Halo experience from a new point of viewtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/xbutton//4356.22471372009-02-20T14:00:00Z2009-07-29T03:36:28ZTimothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.htmlReview: Gelaskins offer durable protectiontag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/xbutton//4356.33006702009-07-23T02:18:40Z2009-07-24T00:54:08ZRosemarie Seppala In the ever bloated market of laptop protection products that promise to do everything from stop scratches to save your family from a burning van all while adding a splash of style, how do Gelaskins hold up? For...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
Rosemarie Seppala In the ever bloated market of laptop protection products that promise to do everything from stop scratches to save your family from a burning van all while adding a splash of style, how do Gelaskins hold up? For...
Review: Fuel--The fun runs on fumestag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/xbutton//4356.32470022009-07-16T04:30:51Z2009-07-17T19:02:11ZAsobo Studios / Codemasters Fuel takes a familiar premise--mixed vehicle class off road racing--and applies a novel concept to it: an open world. Coming from the same publisher as the lauded DiRT and Race Driver: Grid, Fuel is an anomaly:...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
Asobo Studios / Codemasters Fuel takes a familiar premise--mixed vehicle class off road racing--and applies a novel concept to it: an open world. Coming from the same publisher as the lauded DiRT and Race Driver: Grid, Fuel is an anomaly:...
Review: HP Mini 1151 NRtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/xbutton//4356.32223382009-07-13T05:22:29Z2009-07-13T16:54:16ZHP / Verizon Wireless Because there simply aren't enough secure Wi-Fi hotspots around you, Verizon Wireless teamed up with HP to bring you the HP Mini 1151 NR, a 10.1" netbook with an Intel Atom N270 processor and Verizon's mobile...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
HP / Verizon Wireless Because there simply aren't enough secure Wi-Fi hotspots around you, Verizon Wireless teamed up with HP to bring you the HP Mini 1151 NR, a 10.1" netbook with an Intel Atom N270 processor and Verizon's mobile...
Review: Verizon MiFi 2200tag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/xbutton//4356.30840652009-06-24T03:48:07Z2009-06-24T04:42:27ZVerizon Wireless "The Force is all around you," said Obi-Wan Kenobi. If he were to step into a galaxy not long ago or very far away and replace "The Force" with "The Internets" he'd be right. Verizon is looking to...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
Verizon Wireless "The Force is all around you," said Obi-Wan Kenobi. If he were to step into a galaxy not long ago or very far away and replace "The Force" with "The Internets" he'd be right. Verizon is looking to...
Review: Rock Band Unplugged--Is that a drumstick in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?tag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/xbutton//4356.28486552009-05-25T15:58:13Z2009-06-19T02:14:18ZBackbone Entertainment/ Electronic Arts Just when you thought you'd never be able to fit a guitar in your pocket, much less a four piece band and touring gear, Rock Band Unplugged comes along and proves us all wrong. As soon...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
Backbone Entertainment/ Electronic Arts Just when you thought you'd never be able to fit a guitar in your pocket, much less a four piece band and touring gear, Rock Band Unplugged comes along and proves us all wrong. As soon...
Review: HTC Touch Protag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/xbutton//4356.28440332009-05-24T17:10:26Z2009-05-27T15:38:21ZHTC Touch Pro Buying a smart phone is on top of many to-do lists even in "these troubled times". What if there were a phone with a touch screen AND a full QWERTY keypad? A sweet 3.2 megapixel camera, and...Danny Merrillhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/dmerrill/index.html
HTC Touch Pro Buying a smart phone is on top of many to-do lists even in "these troubled times". What if there were a phone with a touch screen AND a full QWERTY keypad? A sweet 3.2 megapixel camera, and...
Review: Samsung Omniatag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/xbutton//4356.28182482009-05-21T03:57:19Z2009-05-21T11:23:49ZSamsung/Verizon The latest entry in the series of iPhone wannabe's from Verizon, the Samsung Omnia resembles Apple's latest device for the sheep of the world more than any other phone on the market. But how well does it perform? After...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
Samsung/Verizon The latest entry in the series of iPhone wannabe's from Verizon, the Samsung Omnia resembles Apple's latest device for the sheep of the world more than any other phone on the market. But how well does it perform? After...
Review - Dishwasher: Dead Samurai punishes thumbstag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/xbutton//4356.27842222009-05-16T22:31:53Z2009-05-17T18:03:26Z The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai is three things: fast, furious, and unforgiving. Originally released as a demo at last year's Game Developer's Conference, The Dishwasher impresses on all fronts and hearkens back to days when side-scrolling action games like Ninja...Timothy J. Seppalahttp://connect.mlive.com/user/tseppala/index.html
The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai is three things: fast, furious, and unforgiving. Originally released as a demo at last year's Game Developer's Conference, The Dishwasher impresses on all fronts and hearkens back to days when side-scrolling action games like Ninja...
Review: Ninja Blade pleasantly welcomes us back to a familiar worldtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/xbutton//4356.27009302009-05-07T01:11:07Z2009-05-07T01:51:06ZFrom Software / Microsoft If God of War and Ninja Gaiden had a child, I have a feeling the two titles would name their newborn Ninja Blade. The story of Ninja Blade would be a familiar one too. He would...Danny Merrillhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/dmerrill/index.html
From Software / Microsoft If God of War and Ninja Gaiden had a child, I have a feeling the two titles would name their newborn Ninja Blade. The story of Ninja Blade would be a familiar one too. He would...